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California: Foes of utility tax cut win war of words (Local group can be called outsiders )
The Sacramento Bee ^ | Saturday, August 17, 2002 | Tony Bizjak

Posted on 08/17/2002 4:24:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:41:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The league behind a capital ballot measure can be called 'outsiders.'

Opponents of a measure to cut a Sacramento city tax won the right Friday to refer to the Sacramento County Taxpayers League in the voter pamphlet as "outsiders."

The taxpayers league is sponsoring a Nov. 5 ballot measure to reduce the city utility users tax from 7.5 percent to 2.5 percent. The tax is levied on city residents' monthly gas, electricity, cable and telephone bills.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
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1 posted on 08/17/2002 4:24:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Words make a difference !

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2 posted on 08/17/2002 4:25:46 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; *calgov2002; Carry_Okie; SierraWasp; Gophack; eureka!; ElkGroveDan; ...
If Santa Cruz, of all places, can vote to repeal the utility tax, it caqn happen anywhere!

With the group of RATS running Sacramento planning to bail PG&E out of their bankruptcy with California tax dollars, why pay a tax on it???

How can local municipalities tax a tax by the state? Isn't that illegal? Oh, it's Demroncrats...

3 posted on 08/17/2002 7:56:56 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood
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